If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

what can i feed to my baby convict fry

ok guys my fry, about 150 approx have been free swimming for about 3 to 4 days now, i have seperated them with the parents from the rest of my tank, using rocks and egg crates and its working a treat, i put frozen blood worm and brine shrimp in twice a day but the fry dont seem interested, what can i feed them?

great...i purchased regular today lol, ill go back tomorrow. I have a 20g tank cycling as from today and i also have a hanging fry nursery in my 75g, thing is, even with my syphon i cant seem to be able to suck the fry up, i was thinking maybe if i put a bottle in they might wonder in and i could then transfer them to the nursery whilst i wait for my 20g tank to cycle

Personally I'd move the bumblebee catfish to their side of the divider while they're still small enough. No clue how common they are on your side of the pond, but around here you can't give the buggers away. They'll outgrow a 20 gallon tank rather quickly. I grew out a brood of cutteri last year, sold and gave away a bunch of them, and finally had to cull 80 (mostly breeding size adults) to reclaim some tankspace.

The convicts, they'll breed in a bucket and once they start spawning they just keep going. Female convicts are actually rather notorious for seducing any available male cichlid if there isn't another convict available.
I've had a couple dozen broods of cutteri fry over the last year. I have several pairs that spawn regularly (result of letting a few fry from an earlier spawn grow out) and a couple of knife fishes to control the fry. If you can find homes for some of them by all means grow them out. Just be aware that the pair will produce hundreds more, and nodoby wants or needs that many of any fish.